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Medicare’s financial problems affect the entire budget, and are largely responsible for projected increases in federal deficits.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/the-financial-condition-of-medicare
The poverty rate in 2009 was 14.3 percent, up from 13.2 percent in 2008. This is the highest rate since 1994.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/census-bureau-report-on-poverty-and-health-insurance-coverage
The rapid growth in health care costs is the largest and fastest growing fiscal challenge.
According to the Joint Committee on Taxation, the provisions in this agreement will add $374.2 billion to the deficit in 2011, and $857.8 billion to the deficit by 2020.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/2010/12/compromise-tax-framework-agreement
The report focuses on the fiscal conditions in six heavily populated states which together account for a third of the nation's population and almost 40 cents of every dollar in spending by state and local governments.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/state-budget-crisis-task-force
Tax expenditures are often "spending in disguise" because they are used by Congress to direct resources to specific constituencies and priorities — much like spending programs.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/the-debate-over-tax-expenditures
The Trustees warn that Congress and the Administration should work "with a sense of urgency" to put the program on a sustainable path.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/the-medicare-trustees-report-in-charts
While there is disagreement on specific remedies, there is broad consensus that our current tax code is broken.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/2013-fall-fiscal-agenda-%E2%80%94-tax-reform
Medicare is a large share of the budget, and it is projected to grow.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/urgent-action-needed-to-shore-up-medicare-program
The Trustees urge lawmakers to enact legislation soon to put Medicare on a sustainable path.